Wallace "Kiowa" Smith returns to Kansas after receiving a wire from John "Pop" Ferguson. Abilene, Kansas the railhead of earlier cattle drives is now the center of all cattle, grain, and produce shipping and under the control of a group of crooked business men. Kiowa forms a syndicate bent on putting in a railroad spur line, bypassing Abilene. This becomes as a declaration of war on both sides. Not just a range war but a war of giants.